So right! Just because a job doesn't require a college
Posted By: education doesn't mean it's not worth doing. on 2008-09-23
In Reply to: Exploited - Alice
And if a job is worth doing well and being diligent about (which most jobs are), then they're worth paying the workers fairly for. The U.S. exploits farm workers, office workers, MTs, nurses, computer programmers, teachers, you-name-it. And they do so by not putting a cap on overpaid, do-nothing CEOs' salaries (as in.... banks and stock market, for starters!), and by rewarding companies for sending work offshore, instead of PENALIZING them financially for doing so. There should also be something done about all the work that has become IC and/or part-time work. All so they don't have to pay for insurance. Lots of highly educated computer techies now have part-time jobs and no insurance. There should be a way for IC's & part-timers to get insurance through their companies. The insurance industry needs an overhaul, as well, then maybe this would be possible. The fat-cats at the top get paid the big, over-inflated bucks because what they do (when they're not sitting around picking their noses) is they see how many insurance claims they can deny, including perfectly legitimate ones. I recently had a small claim for a medical procedure that was necessary, and I followed the ins. company's instructions to the letter. and did they pay one red cent? Nope. The industry is a fraud, and I'd love to see that one tank, just like the banks & stock market are doing right now. Then maybe something could be done about it. Meanwhile, those of us doing our respective jobs every day, and getting paid less and less, are taking pets to the pound we can no longer afford to feed, telling our kids we can only afford for them to go to a local junior college because there's no money for the real thing, watching savings accounts shrivel because we can no longer fund them, and keep siphoning off of them every few weeks to keep the bills paid, and watch any hope whatsoever of being able to live our older years with any kind of peace or security go right down the drain.
Greed sucks, and there's way too much of it in this country.
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I'm looking for a company that doesn't require a schedule......
I know - does that even exist anymore? I currently work when I want, just comitting to certain number of lines in a pay period. Are there any companies that allow us to do that anymore? I'm thinking it's time for a change.
Doesn't Phoenix MedCom require LD? At
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MW doesn't even require that mgrs even know something about their accounts.
Going to football games every weekend and taking another day to recover are the norm. Account specifics? What account specifics? Returning emails? Who does that?
My MT job doesn't require holidays or weekends
So I feel incredibly lucky. Not all MT's have to or want to work holidays. It's just a matter of finding the right match.
Quik-Mart doesn't require testing ...
Many MTs that I know put quite a bit of time into researching companies. Believe it or not, there are a few out there that are unscrupulous. Then, when they decide to submit their resume, they become one of the stack received and left on a recruiter's desk, only to be sent a generic thank you for applying, please test letter. Then, they're on to the testing process. Sometimes it's a screening during which you give out a lot of personal information, then a written test, then transcription, sometimes followed by a phone interview (and this is probably the only time you are looked at as a person and not just data)- you get the idea. This eats up a lot of time and energy. I don't have any first-hand knowledge about Quick-Mart, Starbuck's or the Department of Energy, but I think things work a little differently in those settings. I hope this helps you understand why it would be important to get a response for the effort. If not, well, I tried.
Doesn't Diskriter require criminal background check?
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Consider this. When I was in college in 1970 sm,
I was making $1.50 per page typing papers double-spaced!! That was the going rate then. It wasn't even transcription but typing off handwritten or typed copy.
If your college put MD on your certificate SM
would you be able to say you are a doctor? AAMT owns the certified medical Transcriptionist designation and unless you take and pass that test you are not certified.
college degree?
Since when does a Transcriptionist have a college degree? It is not considered a college degree - it is a diploma or a certificate program.
I am very happy at present with my job as a MT. I do wish that I made more money than I did 16 years ago when I started, but I still make more than many college degree people. I am one of the people that spent the last year complaining about my income and you know what - in the last 3 months I sat down and took a good look at what I was doing and realized that a lot of my low income times were my own fault - how much time was I spending on this board, how much time was I spending walking to the laundry room, turning the TV, listening to the radio, fixing lunch for my family? I finally got me a timer and set it for an hour and work my hour instead of getting up and guess what? I consistently make $35-40 an hour - that is not cherry picking my reports, that is taking first in/first out as they come to me from the company I work for. I don't have a small clinic that I get the same doctors over and over, I work on a hospital account and have a lot of doctors and on top of that, I have only been on this job for 3 months so I am not used to these doctors by any means.
Anyway, I understand that we should have higher wages, I understand that we should be upset because our line rates are not going up and seem to be going down, but we cannot say that this profession is not a financially rewarding position if you are willing to work for it.
Where else can I go with a 1-year DIPLOMA and make $40 an hour? Then you add into the fact that yes, my power bill and internet bill is there for me to have to pay, but I am not putting gas in my car at $2.78 a gallon and driving 30 miles one way to an office, that I am not having to eat my lunch out every day, that I don't spend that extra 45 minutes to an hour driving each way every day that I don't get paid for - yes, I think we are still in a financially rewarding career!
OSI - State College, PA
Does anyone have any information about this company? Do they have VR? What is supervisor like? What type of platform they use, etc.? Haven't heard much about them on this board but very curious to see if anyone has any info to offer.
I graduated from a community college, but
my first job was not at a National. I got a job at a hospital first, then after two years was hired by MQ. If you can get experience, I think it's easier to get on with Nationals. It is probably possible without experience, though. I would just give it a try.
I have when I graduated college, that gave it away as well!
Burned. LOL.
Wondering, does your college teach SM
expander use as part of its basic transcription course?
all the more reason to go to an accredited college or university
and earning potential rather than waste time and money on some fly-by-night crappola that has no credibility.
Yes my college degree is worth more than $11 an hour.
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I have an A.A. degree in English from a 'real' college that
Sounds like AHDI ('All Hindi-speaking Dufuses International') is just trying to find another way to lure MTs into wasting their money on their ridiculous 'credential'.
And if they did elevate the credential to the equivalent of a degree, then they'd have to also acknowledge that MTs be PAID as 'professionals', as well.
I laugh every time I read something that group generates - it gets more ridiculous every year, doesn't it?
Kind of like an education at liberal arts college...
is it necessary that I know Henry Moore is a sculptor in order to get my Bachelor's degree in Science? No...just makes me a more well-rounded individual (and NO, not my shape!). Hahaha
I'm back in college part-time after 24+ years
I figured this is the only to get my foot to the right job. My daughter will be 11 soon and by the time I finish my school that I did not finish after 24+ years, I could definitely be making 2 or 3 times more money than 7 cents per line. I can work at my local Starbucks part-time making $10.00 an hour with excellent benefits!!!
Doesn't apply if your OSI account doesn't use Ichart.
It is the Ichart only for OSi where you are cheated.
TT doesn't pay for spaces or ExText doesn't
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That doesn't fly - KS doesn't offshore
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they cannot require that of an IC.nm
What does FTP mean? Require for job. nm
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They require 40 from me anyway nm
nm
They only require you to do 3... nm
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I should add that they are going to require sm
at least 2500 lines per week as a minimum and do not have a lot of PT positions. It really depends where they have gaps in coverage.
He doesn't trust VR, or doesn't trust his MT to train it correctly?
Or perhaps his MT(s) has/have been filling his head with horror stories about VR and how it is a lawsuit waiting to happen?
Personally, I don't see any reason an M.D. would not trust a VR program, unless he's seen the products of a report edited by a less than competent MT who didn't do their editing job appropriately.
How many lpd does Transhealth require for sm
employee status? 1200? Do they also require a 40 hour week commitment or just a line committment? Would prefer to have just a line commitment. TIA
Moderator: Can you require sm
ads to give a company name as well as IC, statutory or employee status?? Would make things much clearer and simpler. Thanks, MomMT
Not just MT, most Employers require it now
It is becoming quite common for any employer, not just MT Services, to do a Credit Check now. Some companies think that if you cannot handle your finances (late payment, judgments, etc), you will not make a good employee or you might be tempted to try to cheat on something. Since past employers are reluctant to give any information besides dates of employment for fear of being sued, new employers had to find some other way to dig up the dirt, so to speak. Just the sign of our times. No one trusts anyone anymore. Nothing personal. Used to be you could just send in a copy of your ID (Driver's license, SS card, passport, etc), and now they want you to have it Notorized, but still get it back to them within the 72 hours required. Best advice -- find a job you like and try to stay there -- forever!! 
They most certainly require weekends and
They assigned me F-M schedule second and third shift, saying it was all that was available. I was the go-to MT in my previous positions and always at the top of the QA pile and production at an acute care facility with 1000+ beds. Loads of experience and great education. Spheris recruiting could not have been less interested in talking with me (I know for a fact that my manager recommended me to them and spoke very highly of me), yet their ads looking for help are everywhere. How is it possible with all their openings that I'm assigned F-M evenings and nights?????
Is there a way to talk directly to account supervisors?
does MDI require weekends? - nm
nm
I don't understand. They require 98%, and you are doing better than that,
but they are threatening to be removed from the account? I don't get it. What is it they want you to do differently?
Do any companies require less than 40 hpw for FT?
nm
Companies should require MTs to have sm
a complete reference library as most newbies rely expressly on Google or the word help boards. This is where US MT quality has hit the skids in very recent years. The new MTs don't want to bother researching so they can't possibly realize the serious mistakes they continue to make.
All companies who require OT have to pay for it (sm)
If a company has enough work for OT, by law the employee has to record it and the company has to pay it (if the employee has been approved to work the OT). Get everything in writing. For MTs, OT is usually the normal cpl rate x 1.5 for OT lines, which equates to the same as time and a half as mandated by federal laws.
All companies I know of go back and forth between no work and gobbs of OT. I don't know of any company that consistently is out of work or consistently requires OT. Feast of famine in this industry.
How much experience they require,
are they hiring, etc.
Does this mean Focus does not require
MTs to use company supplied computers? I thought I read on this site somewhere that they did, thus the concern. If they don't, that's great.
Thank you. Then TT has right to require set hours
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I think the companies that DO require
you to clock in and out are few.
What I said was that few companies do require it, so
most of them don't require it.
There are some companies who only require
35 hours. You might be able to get by with producing the minimal line counts though if it is a company that doesn't require you to clock in and out.
I am looking for a company that would not require
adding a lot of demographic information, mostly straight typing, not a lot of ESLs and would hire a newbie. I am inquiring for a friend who has graduated from a program and needing employment, so would expectnewbie pay. Any information would be very helpful. I am searching the boards, but would appreciate any up-to-date info. thanks.
As an IC, you should require little to no training.
Basically, ICs are expected to be able to hit the ground running. You are an independent contractor, not an employee. A company should be able to send you instructions on how things work with them and the IC should be able to read the instructions and figure it out. An IC is basically a business in of itself. When a hospital contracts with an MTSO, does the hospital spend hours and hours on the phone with the MTSO for training or vice versa? Nope. The information the hospital sends to the MTSO consists of technical information regarding transcription platform and hospital computer systems and samples. It is up to the MTSO to make it work! That is part of the contract and that is why the hospital is outsourcing, to get rid of the headache.
It's the same principle with ICs. You are contracting with an MTSO to provide a service. The MTSO provides you with the software, instructions, and samples you need and beyond that the IC should be able to get herself going.
I don't understand these ICs who expect to have their hand held by the MTSO. If you aren't confident enough to set yourself up and start working with little or no help, then you need to seek out an employee position somewhere.
Cannot require you set hours, but also
do not have to give you work during the hours you want.
I believe most require you to have your own equipment
I used their equipment for the first few months, paid about $9-10 a pay period. I ended up buying my own. The good thing about using theirs is if there is a problem, they take care of it. I know MQ supplies equipment, but you do not want to go there.
does that require unlimited LD?
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Any MTs here who pass over job ads that require
I have never seen this discussed on the board and was wondering if it was just me? 
I cannot imagine having to sacrifice either every single Saturday or every single Sunday? My daughter is involved in various sports throughout the year that meet/play on Saturdays and we enjoy attending church together as a family on Sundays. How do you pick between your kid and God?? Have you noticed too that this rigid schedule seems to be more prevalent with the MTSOs that provide the better benefit packages...figure.
Whatever happened to the good ole days of weekend rotations? I don't think these particular MTSOs even realize what they are asking a person to give up. I know this business is 24/7, but weekend rotations make a huge difference! Of course the majority of these particular MTSOs seem to be the larger nationals ran by salary paid suits that clock out every Friday at 5:00. 
Please note that I realize that we are living one of the worst economic eras in history and if it meant feeding my kid or being off on weekends, this wouldn't be an issue. This has been going on for years.
Oh well, I guess if there are that many MTs willing to give up having a life, these MTSOs have no incentive to make any changes.
I would really be interested in seeing what everyone else thinks.
I think they require 98% - Which platform were you on? (NM)
NM
Plus they don't require you to be on instant
nm
Yes they can do require that. You can choose to go or
not as an IC but you also should be prepared to be without that job if you choose to stay home.
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